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Board of Directors

Through its proceedings, the Board of Directors settles Institut Pasteur matters. Its 21 members meet at least four times a year and attend the proceedings of the General Meeting but do not take part in voting.

Tasks

Advising on strategic policies set out by the President:

Voting on the budgets, approving the accounts and setting the budgetary headcount;

Determining the status and pay of the various categories of personnel;

Authorizing legal proceedings;

Appointing the President after the Chairman has consulted each member of the Scientific Council, heads of the different scientific departments and, if deemed useful, any other competent person;

On proposal from the President, appointing the scientific directors and senior managers to the rank of professor and Senior Vice-Presidents and directors of the scientific departments as applicable;

Approving the establishment or disestablishment of research units, also on proposal from the President;

Examining the accounts and any rate of levy applied or the period of use of funds by the Foundation in order to balance out management of service provided.

Board members and appointment criteria

1. Election process

Members are appointed as follows:

5 ex officio members:

One representative of the French Minister for Research;

One representative of the French Minister for Health;

The Chief Executive Officer of the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), representing the French Minister for Higher Education;

The Chief Executive Officer of Inserm, representing the French Minister for Public Health;

One representative of the French Minister for the Budget.

16 members elected at the General Meeting from either within or outside its ranks, or co-opted by the Board itself, and including:

4 members chosen for their scientific expertise, at least 3 of whom working at the Institut Pasteur. These members are elected on the basis of "double nominee" proposals made by the Scientific Council.

2 members from Institut Pasteur non-scientific staff with at least ten years' service. These members are elected on the basis of "double nominee" proposals from the Works Committee.

10 members not working at the Institut Pasteur, and including:

- 4 members chosen for their administrative expertise, at least 2 of whom working, or having worked, in scientific institutions or departments;

- 6 members chosen for their financial, industrial, commercial or legal expertise.

Half the elected members appointed for six years are renewed every three years in each category.

The Board of Directors chooses a bureau from among its members, composed of a Chairman, one or two Vice-Chairmen, a Secretary and a Treasurer, elected for a three-year renewable term.

The Board of Directors can delegate some of its powers to its Chairman and bureau, which is convened on a monthly basis.

2. Composition

Board of Directors bureau :

Chairman: Rose-Marie Van Lerberghe, Member of the High Council of the Judiciary

Vice-Chairman: Laurent Degos, Professor of Haematology and Physician at the Saint-Louis hospital